This session explores the integrated design and construction process for the new Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, focusing on passive design, energy and comfort systems, and construction innovation, including a virtual reality tour of the central plant, that culminated in the hospital's LEED 2009 BD+C Platinum certification.

Learning Objectives

Identify the analysis approaches for targeting a 50% reduction for LEED 2009 BD+C and ID+C Optimize Energy Performance Credit and how that relates to actual performance for a large, acute-care medical center.

Describe the approach to LEED 2009 BD+C ID+C Integrated Project Planning and Design for hospital owners to leverage team expertise to align with sustainability goals for new hospitals and clinical care models.

Assess how passive design strategies and achieving LEED 2009 BD+C and ID+C's IEQ-2 credit intention for improved indoor air quality ripples through a hospital's systems design selection from the building to central plant.